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' May 5, 1925.

B. SILVERMAN COMB Filed July 25. 1924 a .1.1; hm o Clt Patented May 5, 1925.

UNITED ST maar ori-flee.

BENJAMIN SILVERMAN, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, ASSGNOR F @NE-HALF TO J.' RUSSEL EARP, 0F CHATTANUOGA, TENNESSEE.

COMB.

Application filed July 23, 1924. `Serial No. 727,644-,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that BnNJAMiN Slnvnnnnin, a citizen of the l.United States, residing` at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and liltate ot Tennessee, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combs, oil which the following is a speciiieation.

This invention relates to metal` combs for use in straightening wavy or kinky hair and fi has special reference to a comb' having a :s For combs ol' this description.

lVit-h the above and other objects in view as will be hereinafter apparent, the invention consists in `general oit certain novel ("Ietails oit instruction and combinations oli parts hereinafter `tully described, illustrated `in the accompanying drawings and specilically claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings like characters ot' reference indicate like parts in the several views, and:

liigure l is a side elevation oi a comb constructed in accordance with this invention, the comb head being shown in section to disclose the handle shank arrangement.

Figure 2 is a detail view partly in section. showing the handle assembly.

Figure 3 is a. det-ail section ot the hollow assembling tube used with the comb head and showing the arrangement by means oit which the handle may be secured at either end.

Figure Il is a section on the line 4,-41 of Figure l with the comb head positioned on the handle as in that figure.

Figure 5 is a section similar to Figure t but with the comb head reversed.

ln the construction of the invention herein disclosed it will be seen that there is provided a comb head having a hollow tube extending from end to end and that on this hollow tube are assembled the teeth 11 and spacers l2. rlhe particular manner in which l prefer to accomplish this assembly is set forth in my companion application executed of even date herewith and bearing the serial number 727,651.3. At each end ot the hollow tube l0 there is provided an internal threaded portion 13.

The handle consists of a shank member having a portion lil of such size as to iit close in the tube l() and at the handle end of this portion there is provided a threaded portion l5 of proper size and pitch to screw into the tube when inserted :trom either end. lt is to be noted that the combined length et the portions la and l5 are equal to the comb head and that the end 14 not only `tits the metal part of the tube l() but that the threads are so cut that they engage this portion 13 thus, when the head is in position on the shank it is supported from end to end. The handle end oit' the shank is indicated at 16 and on this handle end is assembled a thinible 1T which bears against the screw threaded portion l5 and a. wood or other insulating grip 18 which is held in position on the shank portion 1G by means of a nut 1S) screwed on the threaded end 20, this portion projecting through the grip for this 1mi-pose.

lt will now he secu that the head may be applied to the handle with either end next the grip `and that where the comb teeth are curved, as shown in Figures il and 5, the dcvice may be arranged for either right hand or lett hand movement.

There has thus been provided a simple and efficient device of the kind described and for the purpose specilied.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of the invention without departing from the material spirit thereof. It is not, therefore, desired to conline the invention to the exact form hereinv shown and described, but it desired to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. In a device of the kind described, a comb' head comprising a cylindrical tube having an internally threaded portion at each end and a handle provided with a threaded shank selectively engageable in the threaded ends of said tube.

2. In a device of the kind described, a

comb head comprising a cylindrical tube having an internally threaded portion at each end, and a handle shank provided with a threaded portion selectively engageable in the threaded ends of the tube, said shank having' a tang portion extending from the threaded portion in axial alinement therewith and a grip mounted on said tangportion.

3. In a device ot the kind described, a comb head comprising a cylindrical tube internally threaded portion at each end, a handle shank provided with a threaded portion selectively engr-agreable in the threaded ends of the tube, said shank further havingv a tang` portion extending` from the threaded portion in axial alinenient therewith, a thimb'le mounted on said tang portion and bearing against thel threaded portion to form a stop at the handle end thereof, a heat insulating grip mounted on the taner portion and bearing against said thimble and means "for removabl7 securing the grip in position.

In testimonv whereof I allix my signature.

BENJAMIN SILVERMAN. 

